Fender Deluxe Active P Bass Special Electric Bass (Maple, with Gig Bag)

Always had trouble deciding between Fender Jazz and Precision bass designs? Check this out: The Active P Bass Special has a Jazz neck, a Precision body, one Jazz and one Precision pickup, plus active electronics. Add it all up and you've got a great-feeling bass with worlds of tonal possibilities.

Technical Info

Series: Deluxe Series

Body: alder, (Precision Bass body)

Neck: maple Jazz Bass neck, modern C-shape, satin polyurethane finish

Fingerboard: rosewood p/n 013-5760 or maple p/n 013-5762, (9.5 in. radius/241 mm)

No. of frets: 20 medium jumbo frets

Pickups: 1 standard Alnico split single-coil Precision Bass pickup (mid), 1 dual-coil ceramic Noiseless Jazz Bass pickup with nickel plated pole pieces (bridge)

Controls:
-- Master volume, pan pot, 3-band active EQ with:

-- Treble boost/cut: +/- 10 db @ 8kHz, a shift in the cut frequency, and about a 2dB slope per octave.

-- Mid boost/cut: +10dB, -15dB @ 500Hz, and a wide band slope.

-- Bass boost/cut: +/- 12 db @ 40 Hz, with a 4dB slope per octave.

Pickup switching: pan pot

Bridge: American Vintage Precision Bass

Machine heads: standard

Hardware: chrome

Pickguard: 1-ply beveled gold vinyl

Scale length: 34 in. (864 mm)

Width at nut: 1.50 in. (38mm)

Unique features: side mounted jack

Strings: Fender Super Bass 7250ML, NPS, gauges: (.045, .065, .080, .100), p/n 073-7250-005

Accessories: deluxe gig bag

Case: deluxe gig bag

Introduced: 1/2005